How to determine if my phone is jailbroken? What apps would be available

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How to determine if my phone is jailbroken? What apps would be available

My phone was in the possession of someone else when I initially bought it. It seems extremely glitchy, apps that I download and websites I go to are redirected to malicious ones. Analytics always says crash report 211 and has odd information on it like ovulation report that I’ve never entered. Chipset Mav21 which I believe is an Apple Watch chipset and I don’t own one, there’s just so much odd things that I’ve never dealt with in the past. I’ve switched to a different iPhone and it was still there. Extremely frustrating and need to figure out WTF. It seems that there is a clone of my phone- someone else using my email and number - I can even FaceTime MYSELF and text myself and it shows sent and read but the receiving white text bubble doesn’t appear- so it went somewhere but not to this particular phone.

if you don’t know or don’t care can someone at least give me a definitive answer on how to check if my phone is jailbroken? This has been going on for 8 months across several devices. Is there an app I can look for in the App Store that I would only be able to download if I was jb? I don’t mean Cydia I checked for that and it doesn’t show up. HELLLLPPP

iPhone 13, iOS 15

Posted on Mar 5, 2022 1:06 AM

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LD150

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Mar 5, 2022 2:30 AM in response to Kalafragilous01-

If it recently updated to 15.3.1 then it isn't jail broken .

Settings, at the top is that your name?

Settings, your name, Find my,

Try turning off Find My - it will need your Apple ID password. If you are successful then the phone is properly signed into your Apple ID

Turn Find My back on!

If all the above is successful you are probably not jail broken.

NEXT, did you de-register imessage on your old iphone? If not:-

Deregister iMessage online

If you don't have access to your iPhone, you can Deregister and Turn Off iMessage - Apple Support

Then on the new phone:-

Settings, Messages, Turn off iMessage

Settings, Face Time, Turn off Face Time

Restart the phone.

Settings, Messages, Turn on iMessage, SMS, MMS

Settings, Face Time, Turn on Face Time

If all else fails

Backup, restore to factory, start again

If you can import your media to Photos or iTunes in a computer and copy important documents to a cloud server it will allow you to revert to factory settings and start again

(1) How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

(2) Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings - Apple Support

Set up as new and move your data and photos back in

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LD150

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Mar 5, 2022 3:49 AM in response to Kalafragilous01-

Just sign put of the old ID on those devices uding the old password if that is the case.

Remember if you created a new Apple ID you no longer have access to apps and services bought on the old ID

If you now have a new Apple ID but still have access to the old Apple ID (and you really are done with it) go to any Browser and go to

https://icloud.com/find

and sign in with the OLD Apple ID. It will not ask for 2FA code if you type it in as shown, with the /find

Wipe and remove any devices in the list (assuming you are done with the old ID)

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Answer 3

Mar 5, 2022 3:41 AM in response to LD150

You’re a God-send thank you so much for this! So if I also have an iPad and Mac should I do the same? Because I have the same number I had with the old phone and am just wanting to deregister that particular device. All 3 new devices are probably linked to the old phone’s Apple ID because I’m smart like that and probably didn’t totally wipe it;)

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